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Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWalking with Jesus on choppy waters
John 6:16-19 Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementLove with discernment
John 6:15 So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. There…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe greatest sign performed in the world
John 6:14 Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” So far in John…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementEat until you are full
John 6:12-13 When they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.” So they gathered them up, and…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe generosity of Jesus
John 6:10-11 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Jesus then took…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementExpect God to use what you have to give Him
John 6:7-9 Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little.” One of His disciples…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementResponding from Jesus’ worldview
John 6:3-6 Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. Therefore, Jesus…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementGod goes ahead of us
John 6:1-2 After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe Witness of Moses
John 5:45-47 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. For if you believed…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementGlorify God by living with Jesus
John 5:42-44 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementLiving to love with Jesus is our true food
John 4:31-32 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." In verses…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementI do not receive glory from men.
John 5:41 I do not receive glory from men; reason with me for a few minutes, please. Jesus lives in those who are His, and He hasn’t changed. He is life. As…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe Witness of the Scripture
John 5:39-40 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them, you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe Witness of the Father
John 5:37-38 And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. You do not have His word…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe witness of John and Jesus’ works
John 5:31-36 “If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true. There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementLove the Father’s will and abide in Jesus
John 5:30 "I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe Resurrection to Come
John 5:28-29 Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementJesus reigns in those who live to love with Him
John 5:25-27 Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementPassed out of death into life
John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementHonor the Father by honoring the Son
John 5:22-23 For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe Father and Son raise the dead and give life
John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. I want to open my comments on this…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementIt is marvelous in our eyes
John 5:20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWalk in a manner worthy of our calling
John 5:19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementJesus is God. God is love.
John 5:18 For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementOne with Christ for the glory of God
Here we have Jesus’ answer to the Jews who were persecuting Him for healing on the Sabbath. John 5:17 But He answered them, “My Father is working until now…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWhen love brings persecution
John 5:14-16 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.”…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementMake much of Jesus and little of ourselves
John 5:12-13 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?” But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWe love, no matter what
John 5:9-11 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews were saying to the man…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementLoving and praying for our enemies
John 5:7-8 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementEngage with questions
John 5:1-6 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now, there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, a pool, which is…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe ripple effect of the love of God
John 4:51-54 As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his son was living. So, he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe power of the word of Christ
John 4:49-50 The royal official said to Him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son lives.” The man believed the word that…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWatch out for the “show me” attitude
John 4:48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe.” This is a very interesting reply by Jesus. The…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementHow does God want to glorify His Son?
John 4:46-47 Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum. When…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementBe ready to glorify Jesus
John 4:45 So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementTrust God for the results
John 4:43-44 After the two days, He went forth from there into Galilee. For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. These…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementSaving faith wrought by the word of Christ
John 4:39-42 From that city, many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all the things that I have…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementReap the fruit of Jesus’ labor
John 4:37-38 For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementSowers and reapers
John 4:35-36 Do you not say, “There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest”? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementLet’s eat up!
John 4:33-34 So the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementHere they come!
John 4:30 They went out of the city, and were coming to Him. In John 3:35 we read, “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.” In John…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe “Come and See” Community
John 4:28-29 So the woman left her water pot, and went into the city and said to the men, "Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementGod writes our stories
John 4:27 At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementReturn to our first love
John 4:25-26 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” Jesus…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe foundation of living to love with Jesus
John 4:23-24 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementTrue worshipers
John 4:23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementSalvation is the need
John 4:22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. The issue with everyone we meet is salvation, not what…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementJesus points to the Father
John 4:21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.” After Jesus had…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementDon’t change the subject with God
John 4:19-20 The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementTruth, shame, and love
John 4:16-18 He said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here.” The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have correctly…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementSir, give me this water!
John 4:15 The woman said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw." The idea of never thirsting and not…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementA never-ending, all satisfying, eternal life-producing fountain
John 4:13-14 Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementBy faith, we draw living water.
John 4:11-12 She said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? You are not greater than our…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementNo divide too great for God’s love
John 4:9 Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementThe gift of God—living water
John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementAsk for help for God’s glory
John 4:7-8 There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementDivine appointments
John 4:5-6 So He came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus…

Live to Love Scripture EncouragementGod’s grace and man’s responsibility
John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. We find several…
Live to Love Scripture EncouragementWe are God’s love gift to His Son
John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. What John the Baptist said about Jesus was ultimately the revelation of the Father…